List of African Members

The following 3-letter codes are officially recognised by the IWF and are to be used in all international competitions, on scoreboards, result sheets, referee cards, record protocols, anti-doping control documents, etc.

Full Member (*FM):  is a Member Federation of a country as defined in IWF Constitution 3.1.2. entitled to full membership rights.
Associated Member (*AM): is a Federation of a non-sovereign country, meaning that such non-sovereign country has no National Olympic Committee recognized by the IOC.
Provisional Member (*PM): is a National Federation of a country as defined in IWF Constitution 3.1.2. that has submitted its application and is waiting for admission to full membership.

Temporarily Suspended (*TS): IWF membership can be temporarily suspended in case a Member Federation fails to fulfil the obligations defined in IWF Constitution 3.4.